Women and distance education : challenges and opportunities
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Women and distance education : challenges and opportunities
（Routledge studies in distance education / series editor, Desmond Keegan）
Routledge, 2000
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [208]-215) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book provides valuable insights into the situation of women in distance education around the world. A wide variety of evidence from different countries supports the conclusion that open and distance learning has the potential to provide equal opportunities in higher and continuing education and that these are currently being missed. The author provides conclusive evidence that distance education, while involving a degree of risk to the stability of families and relationships, etc., nevertheless offers women a chance which, on balance, is worth taking. The author says that it is up to distance education policy makers to provide a framework for women students which will limit the risks and maximise the opportunities. Drawing on fascinating case study material, this book presents vital information for these policy makers.
Table of Contents
1.Introduction 2.Distance Education: Studying outside the ivory tower 3.Home Study: The learning environment of women distance students 4.Women Studying at a Distance: Learning styles and use of local support services 5. Getting in Touch: Communication and new technologies 6. Minority Women in DE: Class and gender in distance education 7.Distance Education and the Social Mobility of Women 8. Challenges, Chances, Changes: Distance education for women
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